SIC 2024

Technical Panels

Technical papers presented on August 22, featuring practical experiences in Reliability Engineering and Asset Management.

August 22

Presented papers

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15 papers on this date.

Daniel Augusto Marinho Pinheiro

Optimizing Track Strategy for D11 Dozers Using Quantitative Reliability Methods

2023 marked a significant advance in our company’s asset-management practices, highlighted by the implementation of innovative strategies to reduce costs in the tractor fleet, especially regarding D11 undercarriage…

Renato César Ribas Peres

Application of FTA (Fault Tree Analysis) to Diagnose Electrical Starting Failure in Caterpillar Dozer Diesel Engines

This work is relevant because of its direct application to maintenance routines, providing guidance on events or possible root causes that lead to diesel-engine starting failure, specifically in Caterpillar D11…

Luan da Silva Nobre

Reliability Analysis of Dozer Transmission Assemblies

This article investigates transmission failures in dozers using root-cause analysis methodology. Tools such as the Ishikawa Diagram and 5 Whys identified insufficient decontamination as the root cause. The presence…

Gustavo Medeiros Souza do Nascimento

Reliability Study of a Butterfly Valve in a Generating Unit at a Hydroelectric Power Plant

The work consists of a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the sealing system of a butterfly valve to support decision-making regarding contingency actions and the preventive-maintenance strategy to be adopted…

Vinicius Felipe de Oliveira Malaquias

Failure Prediction for Artesian-Well Pumps

This work consists of a failure-prediction system for groundwater-intake well pumps using Machine Learning data analysis. Through development of this work, failure forecasting for this equipment is being optimized…

LUIZ GUSTAVO SILVA

Reliability Study – Priority Route for the 797F Truck Fleet

Study to define priorities for 797F trucks with the lowest projected reliability for the following year.

Daniel Dimas de Oliveira

Determining the Optimal Shutdown Time for Ball-Mill Liner Replacement

This work seeks to develop a wear-monitoring methodology through condition monitoring of ball mills in order to ensure contracted physical availability, budgeted cost and desired performance. In ultrasonic testing,…

Renan Victor Donalonso Siqueira

Reliability Tools for Component Inventory Management in the Wind-Power Sector

We explore strategies to improve component inventory management using advanced reliability tools. The importance of this approach in optimizing stored quantities is highlighted. The analysis, based on specialized…

Thiago André de Oliveira Daniel

LDA for Calculating the Risk of Generating-Unit Failure

This work presents the use of LDA as the tool applied in the decision process for postponing maintenance and calculating the risk of failure of a generating unit. The central idea is to show how the tools can be used…

Willian de Castro Toledo

How to Estimate the Useful Life of a Belt Conveyor through Linear Regression and Determine Its Reliability and Risk Curve

Belt conveyors are equipment designed to transport bulk materials and are widely used across many industrial sectors, particularly mining. They can achieve high transportation capacity with high physical availability…

Marcos Antônio Alves da Silva

System Reliability Analysis for Mine Excavators Using Reliability Block Diagrams

The work consists of drawing all systems and subsystems of a large mine-excavator fleet in a Reliability Block Diagram in order to evaluate reliability, identify subsystems that cause the greatest impacts when…

Daysemara Maria Cotta

Optimal Preventive-Maintenance Interval for Off-Highway Trucks

An appropriate maintenance policy is essential to reduce costs and risks related to equipment failures. A fundamental aspect when specifying such policies is the ability to predict the reliability of the systems…

Giordane Jorge Antunes Junior

Mine-Equipment Revitalization – A Case Study from the Perspective of Reliability Engineering

This work proposes an alternative approach to current company strategies in asset management, in which new equipment is acquired after installed assets reach the end of their economic life. The proposal consists of a…

VITOR JOSÉ DAS NEVES RODRIGUES

Availability Assessment of an LPG Refrigeration System at a Marine Terminal

Refrigerated LPG storage offers the advantage of reduced volume compared with pressurized product. To achieve the required temperature reduction, the refrigeration system uses compressors and heat exchangers. This…

Tiago Soave Guerta

Hydro Failure Projection Based on RGA

Use of Reliability Growth Analysis (RGA) to estimate the number of failures expected in generating units over the next five years, from 2023 to 2027. Using estimated MTTR values for these failures, EFOF values will…